Relo (G) - Challenge #166

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Relo (G) - Challenge #166

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For Challenge #166, Canon Fodder
ETA: Belated thanks and hugs to PNWgal for looking this over for me. :hug:


Relo (G)


Alex Baker leaned back in his chair and put his feet up on his desk as he scrolled through the latest online edition of the Multiple Listing Service on his tablet, checking out the newest houses and condos for sale. When the telephone rang he glanced at his desk to see which of his two phones was ringing. The light at the bottom of the black phone was flashing. He ignored it and went back to scanning the MLS. The phone continued to ring.

“Gina, the phone is ringing! Answer it!” he yelled to the young woman sitting at the desk in the outer office.

“My nails aren’t dry yet. You get it.”

Her nails aren’t dry? What does she think this is, a salon? If she weren’t such a good bite she’d be outta here. Slamming his feet on the floor he rocked forward and picked up the receiver.

“Baker Real Estate and Relocations, this is Alex Baker. How can I help you? Yes, I see. You’ve got an employee getting transferred here from Chicago. Does the spouse work? Uh-huh, okay. Children? Two, okay. What ages? I see, so you’ll need school district info too. The whole package it sounds like. Let me get some more informa - ” He was interrupted by the ringing of the other phone on his desk; the red phone. “I’m sorry, I have to put you on hold for a second,” he said quickly as he punched the hold button on the black phone.

“Gina! You gotta pick up. Relo from Chicago. Needs the whole package. I’ve got to answer the hotline. And shut the door!” he added.

Gina picked up the phone on her desk and pressed the blinking hold button. “Hi, this is Gina,” she said in her professional voice as she stood and walked over to close the door to Alex’s office. “I understand we need to set up a relo from Chicago…”

Once the door closed Alex hurriedly picked up the red phone. “Baker Relocations, this is Alex Baker.”

“Mr. Baker, this is Deirdre, Beverly Hills Cleaners. We’ve had an incident here. I’ve got five vamps that need to leave ASAP.”

“Male or female?”

“Three male, two female.”

“Out of LA, out of the state, across the country or out of the country?”

“Across the country. East of the Mississippi, at least. They’ll need new IDs, jobs, living quarters, money laundering, plus contacts for blood sources, freezers, local Cleaners… the works.”

“I know the drill.”

“And one other thing. They want to take their exclusives with them.”

“They want to take freshies? That’s crazy!”

“I agree. Nonetheless that’s what they want.”

“How many?”

“Four.”

“New IDs for them as well?”

“Yes.”

“It’ll cost them.”

“They’re willing to pay.”

“I’ll need ages at turning, any former identities, previous residences, job skills, bank account numbers…”

“I know what you need, Mr. Baker. All the pertinent information will be emailed on the secure server. What I do need to know is if you can handle it?”

“Yes, of course I can. I’ll need 48 hours.”

“You’ve got 36. Call me when you’re ready.”



The End


ETA: There is a sequel to this story: The Relo Guy
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Ohhh. I really like this one. There have to be vampires who make their careers out of relocations it must be a lucrative market. Great take on the challenge
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Carol! :flowers: It was just one of those ideas that came out of nowhere.

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This is BRILLIANT, MLC. And I don't say that because you let me read it before you posted it. :teeth: :hug:

I love the concept. We saw the Cleaners, and heard Josef talk a little about Mick needing to relocate in OOtP, but surely there would have needed to be a service for vampires that needed to relocate. So many details involved, and I could so see a vampire taking advantage of that market.

Nicely done and well-written. In just a few words, I could see Alex Baker in this battered office with his assistant Gina, running a respectable human business as a front and also a relocation business for vamps on the run.

Bravo! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
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This really is brilliant, MLC :hearts: . Of course Alex has to have a day job, but he knows where his priorities are. Very good take on an original idea.
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Re: Relo (G) - Challenge #166

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Ooh, I've always known people like Alex must exist... and now I've met one of them! :highfive: I love this little vignette, MLC. And you know it makes me want to know more about Alex and Gina... and her nails... :laugh:

Even though you've placed the story in the present day with the tablet and the MLS, I can kinda imagine Alex doing this since at least the 70's. I'm picturing him in an office with fake wood paneling on the walls, shag carpet on the floor, clunky office pushbutton phones and everything having to be done on paper. :teeth: Relos must be a lot easier in the digital age, but then again, they're also trickier because so much information is searchable online. :chin: I wonder if Alex keeps some spare identities waiting around, to have vamps in need "plugged into" them... especially with a quick relo like this one--and a multiple move at that!

It's a sign of a really good story when the reader's mind starts spinning, trying to figure out what's going to happen next! I really enjoyed this one. :clapping:
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Thanks for the lovely comments Pgal, dsr and Alle! Glad it came across as a "normal" part of vamp society (as we know it! :laugh: ). :ghug:

Alle, at first I was making this in a much earlier time frame. Kind of picturing Sam Spade. I pictured Alex Baker with a cigarette, looking at a print edition of the MLS, rotary phones on the desk... But I didn't feel knowledgeable enough to pull it off in a credible manner. But yeah, I think Alex Baker has been doing relocations for vamps for a very long time! :yes:

Thank you again for reading! :reading:
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Re: Relo (G) - Challenge #166

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I really like this! (Wonder if it's the guy Josef knows....)

I always like to think there's a whole parallel economy hidden just out of sight, taking care of vamps and freshies.
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